Chapter 295: Transformation of the Fire Element Body

Chapter 295: Metamorphosis of the Fire Element Body

Two Flame Lions charged directly at Li Wei.

Snarling and clawing, they sought to tear him apart and seize the Spirit-Gathering Crystal on his back.

Suddenly, the ground shattered, erupting with cyan flames.

Two pillars of fire shot skyward, just engulfing the two Flame Lions passing overhead.

This was a magic trap prepared by Li Wei.

After losing his helpers, Li Wei understood his disadvantage lay in having too few numbers to handle too many enemies at once.

If they were merely weak foes, it would not matter.

But Fourth-Rank Flame Lions were certainly not weak.

Even Li Wei had to go all out to deal with them.

So, he had prepared magic traps well in advance.

Magic traps were essentially delayed-explosion spells.

Having mastered Perfect-Level Third-Rank Fire Spells, achieving a delayed explosion was not difficult.

However, limited by Li Wei's mental energy range.

He could only set the magic traps within a hundred-meter radius.

Beyond a hundred meters, he could not detonate the magic traps in time.

A hundred-meter range meant only two or three seconds for Fourth-Rank Flame Lions.

The time left for Li Wei to detonate the traps was even shorter.

Accurately hitting both Flame Lions involved a certain element of luck.

When the fire pillars dissipated, Li Wei fixed his gaze upon them.

One Flame Lion was already dead.

The other Flame Lion had half its body scorched, clinging to life.

"Roar!"

The two Flame Lions entangled by cyan fire snakes collapsed breathless, dying within the cyan flames.

Li Wei fired a Flame Arrow, piercing the skull of the grievously wounded Flame Lion.

The cyan flame arrow burned through the Flame Lion's forehead, turning its brain to ash, killing it utterly.

Moments later, a wisp of blue light flew out from the corpse.

Li Wei used Telekinesis to extract the magic core from the corpse.

Four Fourth-Rank Magic Cores.

Worth over a thousand gold coins.

It counted as recovering some costs.

Ten minutes passed before Li Wei hurriedly summoned the Shadow Servant again.

Without its help, guarding the tower alone was too exhausting.

Li Wei persisted until the Spirit-Gathering Array failed to absorb a single drop of Fire Spirit for half a minute before closing it.

After closing the Spirit-Gathering Array, Li Wei quickly stored the Spirit-Gathering Crystal in his Space Ring.

To prevent the scent of Fire Spirits from attracting more magical beasts.

"Let's change locations and continue."

Holding the Fire Gemstone, he searched everywhere for a suitable spot.

Wandering around, Li Wei returned to the edge of the Hot Spring Lake.

He realized that unless one went inside the volcano.

Otherwise, this was the place with the highest concentration of Fire Spirits.

Li Wei gazed at the turbid Hot Spring Lake, curiosity shining in his eyes.

"What exactly lies below? Causing the Fire Spirit concentration here to be so astonishing?"

After pondering long and hard, Li Wei decided to go down and see.

Plop!

Li Wei dove headfirst into the Hot Spring Lake.

Blue light appeared around his body, relying on the oxygen preserved by the Invisible Armor.

He could remain active underwater for half an hour.

After half an hour, if he still could not leave.

He had one final ultimate technique.

Fire Element Body.

No breathing required.

The only question was whether the Fire Element Body could exist in water?

Li Wei did not know; he had never tried it.

Passing through the turbid boiling surface, after diving ten-plus meters, Li Wei found the lake bottom was actually bright.

Continuing downward, after fifty or sixty meters, he finally saw what lay below.

It was actually a volcanic crater.

There was actually lava at the bottom of the Hot Spring Lake.

"Wait, is this... a Fire Fish?"

Seeing the dark shadow swimming at the bottom of the Hot Spring Lake, Li Wei's heart stirred.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

A dark shadow over ten meters long swam past underwater, freely entering and exiting the magma and lake water. Due to the collision of magma and lake water, large patches of air bubbles were churned up.

"Such a huge Fire Fish!"

Li Wei was incredibly shocked.

The Fire Fish previously caught by the Fifth-Rank Mage was only four or five meters long.

This Fire Fish before his eyes was several times larger in size.

It was simply a colossal beast.

Its strength must necessarily be even more terrifying.

Splash splash splash!

The surrounding water currents became chaotic, and Li Wei felt something approaching.

He hurriedly ascended towards the lake's surface.

"Fire Escape!"

Boom!

Li Wei instantly surged out of the hot spring lake.

Behind him, a gigantic fire fish opened its bloody jaws and leaped up, seeking to devour Li Wei.

Li Wei kept rushing toward the heights.

The fire fish could not fly after all; once its upward momentum exhausted, it began to plummet.

Li Wei seized the chance to cast a spell, hoping to detain the fire fish.

A cyan fireball struck the fire fish, yet failed to melt even its scales.

Li Wei widened his eyes, feeling utterly incredulous.

"No, this feeling isn't quite right."

He furrowed his brows.

Even if the fire fish's defense was astonishing, it was impossible for it to remain completely unscathed.

The giant fire fish circled above the lake's center for a moment, posturing at Li Wei.

Seeing Li Wei refused to descend, it turned and dived back into the hot spring lake.

Li Wei pondered for a long time before figuring out what had just happened.

The fire fish took no damage, not because its defense was absurdly high.

But because it possessed fire immunity.

It was immune to the damage of fire spells.

Fire immunity was far superior to fire resistance.

This meant no fire-based spell could inflict harm upon that giant fire fish.

Li Wei felt somewhat at a loss.

"Never mind, let me find a place to digest my gains first."

Li Wei flew to a desolate zone in the Fire Element Plane where no magical beast traces were visible.

He produced the Spirit Gathering Crystal and absorbed the Fire Spirit within.

Occasionally, magical beasts attracted by the Fire Spirit appeared, but they were merely weak Tier One or Two beasts.

This place was too remote, the fire element concentration extremely low, so hardly any fire-type magical beasts lived here.

Only thus could Li Wei calmly digest and absorb the Fire Spirit from the Spirit Gathering Crystal.

After absorbing the Fire Spirit, Li Wei immediately felt his Fire Element Body undergoing metamorphosis.

The Fire Element Body grew even more powerful.

From the philosophy of the Primal Fireball Spell, Li Wei grasped the essence of magic.

From this, he birthed his own understanding.

Li Wei pursued the ability to make spellcasting instinctual.

This demanded the caster possess extremely high control over magical elements.

Now, Li Wei felt he seemed capable of achieving it.

The fire elements in the surrounding heavens and earth moved with his will.

His affinity with fire elements received an unprecedented boost.

In the past, Li Wei prayed for fire elements to serve him, begging for their power.

Gradually becoming companions with fire elements, borrowing strength from one another.

Now, Li Wei felt himself to be the master of fire elements.

The fire elements obeyed his commands.

He was the Flame Sovereign.

With a thought, Li Wei gathered fire elements into flame, burning them into existence from nothingness.

To forge a more powerful attack, he could not do it yet.

He still needed to rely on spell models.

However, he had already taken that step from zero to one.

Li Wei understood that sooner or later he would master that envisioned power.

[Fire Element Body (Advanced)] Elemental Awakening, Flame Power +2, Instant Cast Low-Tier Fire Spells, Fast Cast Fire Spells, Significantly Reduced Fire Spell Consumption, Elementalization, Unknown (Evolving).

After absorbing a vast amount of Fire Spirit, Li Wei finally witnessed the changes in his Fire Element Body.

(End of Chapter)